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gcomp Automatic 8:2 Component / Composite switch
gcomp Automatic 8:2 Component / Composite switch
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Pre-Order Note: Coupon codes may be disabled for some pre-order and exclusive items.
Orders placed before April 21st are estimated to ship by the end of the month (April 2024).
Orders placed after April 21st are estimated to ship at the end of May 2024.
Orders placed on or after December 11th 2023 will include a brace for the power input.
This switch is similar to the gscart switch and shares the same principle; effortless automatic switching with best possible video quality and HD video support. This is a combination Composite/ Component switch which means that it can be used for both Composite and Component signal switching simultaneously.
If you plan to use composite functionality:
TVs with shared Composite / Y RCA plug (Yellow / Green): connect the composite source to the green input and connect the green output to the yellow/ green plug of your TV. Depending on your TV model you may have to use a remote to switch to Composite/ Component mode.
TVs with independent Composite yellow and green RCA ports: connect the audio RCA outputs to TV in the usual way but use the additional separate RCA lead for composite (Yellow) output. You will likely have to use the TV remote to switch to composite/ component mode. If you have separate stereo audio inputs for component/ composite TV inputs you will have to use additional 1:2 RCA splitters (not provided).
There may be other setup variations we are not aware of, if you need assistance please open a ticket and we will do our best to help you with your set-up.
Full audio / video input protection has been added to minimize the damage when incompatible equipment is connected. Please take into account that protection won’t make all the faulty cases work, it’s there just to protect the hardware.
Features (v5.2):
- 8 inputs
- 2 outputs
- Simultaneous output support
- Design with focus on video quality
- Automatic switching based on sync (Y / Composite)
- HD signal supported (up to 1080p)
- Integrated video amplifier
- EXT header support to query / override enabled input
- Full audio / video input protection
- PSU polarity & overvoltage protection
- Externally powered by USB (standard MicroUSB +5V connector)
- High quality universal power supply is included
SUPERGUN WARNING:
Any SUPERGUN conversion (or arcade mods in general) will permanently damage the switch. This damage is easy to detect and your warranty will be voided.
POWER CONNECTOR WARNING:
The micro USB port is a is surface mounted and if you apply too much force or step on it, it might detach. This is not a soldering problem as the connector is usually torn with a few PCB pads. We do not provide a mechanical warranty.
Warranty:
We will fix or replace your device for free in the case that it stops working within the first 180 provided the failure was not caused by the user (see supergun and power connector warnings). It will you your responsibility to ship the unit back to us at your expense. We are not responsible for lost shipments. If the damage was caused be the owner and it is something we can fix, the owner will be charged for the repair and return shipping. We reserve the right to not repair the unit where owner is at fault.
Laser Bear Industries Bumper Cases:
Designed by Greg Collins are a great option that we use ourselves. Get yours here.
Make sure you watch the installation video first, gscartsw v5.2 installation is tricky.
Vertical Mount Brackets:
Wonderful gscartsw user ChrisTheMeat designed vertical mounting brackets and published his work here.
I am very disappointed. I cannot speak to the actual device itself as I have never received despite waiting months for it. So my disappointment is solely on Rondo here.
I pe-ordered this back in Dec 2023 and did indeed know that it was going to take some time until it shipped to me. It was a pre-order after all and that was fine with me. Originally the ETA I was given was some time in Jan 2024.
Then it got delayed till Feb 2024, and while a bit of a bummer this was still fine so long as I actually got it.
Then it got delayed again, no date given.
After waiting til some time in March I created a support ticket asking if there were any updates. And other than the automated robot email saying "thanks for contacting us, you are important to us, you should expect a response in like 2 business days" or something to that affect, no one ever got back to me on this and the following ticket I sent a couple weeks later still wanting an update.
After this second ticket I noticed the the store page updated to say that pre-orders placed after Dec 11 2023 (which would include me) were supposed to be fulfilled by end of Quarter 1 (or there around that time, the website has since updated and no longer shows this message for pre-orders placed during my time and has now moved onto the next pre-order batch).
Well Q1 came and passed and still nothing. No emails following up on previous tickets by that point, no tracking or shipping confirmation, and the order still showed as "Unfulfilled" on my orders page.
Then the store page said they would ship out by April 20th. So sent another third ticket still trying to get some sort of info on if I will actually receive even a reply to my tickets from an actual human let alone the thing I paid $300 for. This time I did get a reply that (at least) appeared to be typed by someone from Customer support. However, this did not instill any confidence as the response only said that they were going thru staff changes for their customer support department and still gave nothing as to if I will ever get what I paid for.
And well now April 20th has come and gone and still nothing. No updates, no ETA, no shipping confirmation, no tracking number, still shows as "Paid" and "Unfulfilled" on my orders page.
So I am done.
I sent in my refund request because I am done waiting for this while being left out to dry by Rondo who has not given me any confidence at all that they will ever fulfill my order.
This was my very first purchase here on this site, and given this experience this will likely be the last.
TL;DR - after waiting for months for this to never arrive and never getting any useful updates despite multiple attempts reaching out to Rondo, I now only want a refund
Awesome product. Well worth the price. Seemless switching between inputs.